Chapter 105, SCHOOLS

(105 ILCS 5/1H-35) Sec. 1H-35. School treasurer. (a) In Class I county school units and in each district that forms part of a Class II county school unit but that has withdrawn from the jurisdiction and authority of the trustees of schools of the township in which the district is…

(105 ILCS 5/1H-45) Sec. 1H-45. Collective bargaining agreements. In conjunction with the district, the Panel shall have the power to negotiate collective bargaining agreements with the district's employees. Upon union ratification, the district and the Panel shall execute the agr…

(105 ILCS 5/1H-5) Sec. 1H-5. Findings; purpose; intent. (a) The General Assembly finds all of the following: (1) A fundamental goal of the people of this State, as expressed in Section 1 of Article X of the Illinois Constitution, is the educational development of all persons to t…

(105 ILCS 5/1H-50) Sec. 1H-50. Deposits and investments. (a) The Panel shall have the power to establish checking and whatever other banking accounts it may deem appropriate for conducting its affairs. (b) Subject to the provisions of any contract with or for the benefit of the h…

(105 ILCS 5/1H-55) Sec. 1H-55. Cash accounts and bank accounts. (a) The Panel shall require the district or any officer of the district, including the district's treasurer, to establish and maintain separate cash accounts and separate bank accounts in accordance with such rules, …

(105 ILCS 5/1H-60) Sec. 1H-60. Financial, management, and budgetary structure. Upon direction of the Panel, the district shall reorganize the financial accounts, management, and budgetary systems of the district in a manner consistent with rules adopted by the State Board regardi…

(105 ILCS 5/1H-65) Sec. 1H-65. School district emergency financial assistance; grants and loans. The Panel may prepare and file with the State Superintendent a proposal for emergency financial assistance for the school district and for the operations budget of the Panel, in accor…

(105 ILCS 5/1H-70) Sec. 1H-70. Tax anticipation warrants, tax anticipation notes, revenue anticipation certificates or notes, general State aid or evidence-based funding anticipation certificates, and lines of credit. With the approval of the State Superintendent and provided tha…

(105 ILCS 5/1H-75) Sec. 1H-75. Tax for emergency Financial Oversight Panel financial aid. If the Panel is unable to secure short-term borrowing pursuant to Section 1H-70 of this Code, the Panel: (1) based upon an original or amended budget filed by a Financial Oversight Panel and…

(105 ILCS 5/1H-85) Sec. 1H-85. Obligations as legal investments. The obligations issued under the provisions of this Article are hereby made securities in which all public officers and bodies of this State, all political subdivisions of this State, all persons carrying on an insu…

(105 ILCS 5/1H-90) Sec. 1H-90. Reports. The Panel, upon taking office and annually thereafter, shall prepare and submit to the State Superintendent a report that includes the audited financial statement for the preceding fiscal year prepared and audited in compliance with the pro…

(105 ILCS 5/1H-95) Sec. 1H-95. Audit of Panel. The State Superintendent may require a separate audit of the Panel, otherwise the activities of the Panel must be included in the scope of the audit of the school district. A copy of the audit report covering the Panel must be submit…

(105 ILCS 45/2-10) Sec. 2-10. (Amendatory provisions; text omitted). (Source: P.A. 88-634, eff. 9-9-94; text omitted.)

(105 ILCS 5/2-2) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-2) Sec. 2-2. Oath - Bond. Before entering upon their duties the members of the State Board of Education shall take and subscribe the oath of office prescribed by the Constitution. Such oath shall be filed with the Secretary of State. (Source…

(105 ILCS 5/2-3) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3) Sec. 2-3. Powers and duties. The State Board of Education shall have the powers and duties enumerated in the subsequent sections of this article, and may delegate its authority to the State Superintendent of Education as provided in Secti…

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.1) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.1) Sec. 2-3.1. Office - Records. To have an office at the seat of government, and to keep a record of all matters pertaining to the business of such office. (Source: P.A. 81-1508.)

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.103) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.103) Sec. 2-3.103. Salary and benefit survey. For each school year, the State Board of Education shall conduct, in each school district, a school district salary and benefits survey covering the district's licensed and educational supp…

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.104) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.104) Sec. 2-3.104. State mandate reports. The State Board of Education shall prepare an annual report listing all new State mandates applicable to the common schools during the school year covered by the report, excluding only those ma…

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.105) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.105) Sec. 2-3.105. Services to educational service regions and school districts. Commencing July 1, 1994 and thereafter, the State Board of Education through the office of the State Superintendent of Education shall have and exercise, …

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.107) Sec. 2-3.107. Test administration ethics. The State Board of Education shall develop a code of ethics for test administration and shall provide assistance to school districts upon request in the implementation of the code. The code of ethics shall at least in…

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.108) Sec. 2-3.108. Volunteer service credit program. The State Board of Education shall offer guidance and assistance to any school district that chooses to establish a volunteer service credit program under Section 27-22.3. (Source: P.A. 87-1082; 88-45.)

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.109) Sec. 2-3.109. Service region as local education agency. The State Board shall define local education agency to include an otherwise qualified educational service region when determining eligibility for any grant, loan, program authorization or other assistanc…

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.109a) Sec. 2-3.109a. Laboratory schools grant eligibility. A laboratory school as defined in Section 18-8 or 18-8.15 may apply for and be eligible to receive, subject to the same restrictions applicable to school districts, any grant administered by the State Boar…

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.109b) Sec. 2-3.109b. Vocational center grant eligibility. An area vocational center, as designated by the State Board of Education, may apply for and be eligible to receive any school maintenance grant, federal or State technology grant, or other competitive grant…

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.112) Sec. 2-3.112. Service evaluation reports. (a) The Service Evaluation Committee is hereby created to design and develop, under the direction of the Office of the Lieutenant Governor, a form to be used by school districts as provided in this Section to annually…

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.115) Sec. 2-3.115. Tech Prep Partnership for Careers programs. (a) (Blank). (b) Partnership for Careers grants. The State Board of Education may make grants, subject to appropriations for such purpose, to school districts to be used for Tech Prep Partnership for C…

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.116) Sec. 2-3.116. Electronic transfer of funds to school districts, regional offices of education, and other providers. The State Board of Education shall, in consultation with the regional superintendents of schools and with the advice and approval of the Comptr…

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.117) Sec. 2-3.117. School Technology Program. (a) The State Board of Education is authorized to provide technology-based learning resources to school districts to improve educational opportunities and student achievement throughout the State. These resources may i…

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.117a) Sec. 2-3.117a. School Technology Revolving Loan Program. (a) The State Board of Education is authorized to administer a School Technology Revolving Loan Program from funds appropriated from the School Technology Revolving Loan Fund for the purpose of making …

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.118) Sec. 2-3.118. Technology utilization. The State Superintendent of Education shall, from funds appropriated for that purpose, provide assistance to public schools for the implementation or improved utilization of technology, such as support for the development…

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.118a) Sec. 2-3.118a. Artificial intelligence. (a) The State Board of Education, in consultation with stakeholders, shall develop statewide guidance for school districts and educators on the use of artificial intelligence in elementary and secondary education. This…

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.11c) Sec. 2-3.11c. Teacher supply and demand report. Through January 1, 2009, to report annually, on or before January 1, on the relative supply and demand for education staff of the public schools to the Governor, to the General Assembly, and to institutions of h…

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.11d) Sec. 2-3.11d. Data on tests required for teacher preparation and licensure. To collect and maintain all of the following data for each institution of higher education engaged in teacher preparation in this State: (1) (Blank). (2) (Blank). (3) The total number…

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.12) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.12) Sec. 2-3.12. School building code. (a) To prepare for school boards with the advice of the Department of Public Health, the Capital Development Board, and the State Fire Marshal a school building code that will conserve the health a…

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.122) Sec. 2-3.122. Dissection alternatives. The State Board of Education shall make available to school districts sources of information concerning alternatives to the dissection of animals. Such information may include, but need not be limited to, names, addresse…

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.125) Sec. 2-3.125. Arts and humanities organizations and cultural institutions. The State Board of Education is authorized to reimburse not-for-profit arts and humanities organizations and cultural institutions of Illinois, including but not limited to, museums an…

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.127a) Sec. 2-3.127a. The State Board of Education Special Purpose Trust Fund. The State Board of Education Special Purpose Trust Fund is created as a special fund in the State treasury. The State Board of Education shall deposit all indirect costs recovered from f…

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.130) Sec. 2-3.130. Isolated time out, time out, and physical restraint rules; grant program; third-party assistance; goals and plans. (a) For purposes of this Section, "isolated time out", "physical restraint", and "time out" have the meanings given to those terms…

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.131) Sec. 2-3.131. Transitional assistance payments. (a) If the amount that the State Board of Education will pay to a school district from fiscal year 2004 appropriations, as estimated by the State Board of Education on April 1, 2004, is less than the amount that…

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.132) Sec. 2-3.132. Sharing information on school lunch applicants. The State Board of Education shall, whenever requested by the Department of Healthcare and Family Services (formerly Department of Public Aid), agree in writing with the Department of Healthcare an…

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.133) Sec. 2-3.133. Homework assistance information for parents. The State Board of Education shall provide information on its Internet web site regarding strategies that parents can use to assist their children in successfully completing homework assignments. The …

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.134) Sec. 2-3.134. Persistently dangerous schools. The State Board of Education shall maintain data and publish a list of persistently dangerous schools on an annual basis. (Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.136a) Sec. 2-3.136a. Class size report. (a) In this Section: "Class" means a setting in which organized instruction of academic course content is regularly provided to a group of students for a given scheduled period of time. "Class instructor" means a teacher who…

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.138) Sec. 2-3.138. School health recognition program. The State Board of Education shall establish a school health recognition program that: (1) publicly identifies those schools that have implemented programs to increase the level of physical activity of their st…

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.139) Sec. 2-3.139. School wellness policies; taskforce. (a) The State Board of Education shall establish a State goal that all school districts have a wellness policy that is consistent with recommendations of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), …

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.13a) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.13a) Sec. 2-3.13a. School records; transferring students. (a) The State Board of Education shall establish and implement rules requiring all of the public schools and all private or nonpublic elementary and secondary schools located in…

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.14) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.14) Sec. 2-3.14. Representative government. To put into effect the provisions of Sections 27-510 and 27-515 of this Code relative to representative government. (Source: P.A. 104-391, eff. 8-15-25.)

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.140) Sec. 2-3.140. Child abduction prevention instruction. The State Board of Education, in coordination with the Illinois State Police, shall develop child abduction prevention instruction for inclusion in elementary and secondary school curricula throughout the …

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.142) Sec. 2-3.142. Grants to Illinois School Psychology Internship Consortium. Subject to appropriations for this purpose, the State Board of Education shall provide grants to the Illinois School Psychology Internship Consortium for aid in providing training progr…

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.144) Sec. 2-3.144. Community college enrollments. The State Board of Education shall annually assemble all data reported to the State Board of Education under Section 10-21.4 or 34-8 of this Code by district superintendents, relating to the number of high school s…